Light absorption and field enhancement in two-dimensional arrays of closely spaced silver nanoparticles

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 325-330

  Centeno, Anthony ^a   Xie, Fang ^a   Alford, Neil ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NANOPARTICLES; PRISMS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

FIELD ENHANCEMENT; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN ALGORITHMS; RECTANGULAR PRISMS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TRIANGULAR PRISM; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAYS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

SILVER;

EID: 79551662075     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.000325     Document Type: Article

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